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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has bought a 7.5 per cent strategic stake in newspaper publisher Fairfax Media for $360 million. News Corp says the move is not a precursor to a full takeover of the publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne’s The Age newspaper and The Australian Financial Review. “It is true, it is purely […]

The Tax Office has ditched its policy of blanket secrecy to publish details about thousands of tax avoidance settlements and prosecutions.In a major transparency drive, Tax Commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo revealed the number of settlements and key reasons for reaching those deals. THE Tax Office has ditched its policy of blanket secrecy to publish details about […]

Louisa Wood’s businesses have never really left the schoolyard – First there were the homemade scrunchies in Year Six, then the chocolate Freddos in Year 11 – At 26, Wood’s latest scheme can be found in the backpacks of school children all over Australia – She talks to Emma Gardiner about the chemistry class that created a publishing […]

Louisa Wood’s businesses have never really left the schoolyard. First there were the homemade scrunchies in Year Six, then the chocolate Freddos in Year 11. At 26, Wood’s latest scheme can be found in the backpacks of school children all over Australia. She talks to Emma Gardiner about the chemistry class that created a publishing […]

Are you being served? I recently put my car in for a service and almost choked when I caught sight of the bill, almost $200 more than I thought it was going to be. Rather than query the price with my mechanic then and there, I continued to make small talk with him, paid my […]

Where: Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney When: October 23 (Melbourne), October 25 (Brisbane), October 31 (Sydney) Cost: $495 ($395 ADMA members) Run by the Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA) Data Day provides businesses with an opportunity to enhance their data-based marketing techniques and learn from leading practitioners in the field. . Featuring a line-up of leading experts […]

Where: Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre and other venues When: October 17 – November 3 Cost: Various packages or individual sessions available to book The CPA Congress is deemed to be one of the largest annual gatherings of finance, accounting and business professionals in the southern hemisphere. The event features seminars, business briefings, hands-on interactive […]

Good Will Week 2006 Where: Various locations, NSW When: October 9–15 Cost: Free Run by the Public Trustee NSW, Good Will Week is an annual event designed to encourage the public, and in particular business owners, to write or update their will. All Public Trustee NSW branches will open on Saturday October 14 to provide […]

Where: Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney When: October 24 (Brisbane), October 25 (Melbourne), October 26 (Sydney) Cost: $895 ($795 Business Connect and Alliance partner discount) This event is designed for those managing an SME and wanting to grow their company and avoid any of the problems associated with rapid growth. Verne Harnish, founder of the Young Entrepreneur’s […]

Around one in ten business owners plan to take advantage of WorkChoices laws to implement workplace reform in their business, according to a new nation-wide survey. In the recent poll, conducted by Action International Business Coaching, 11 percent of small businesses indicated they have implemented, or intend to implement, changes to employment conditions in their […]

The New South Wales government has launched a new program to assist young entrepreneurs. Designed to help young people run their own enterprise, the Youth Entrepreneurship Program allows participants to partially claim back the cost of skills training (for courses such as the Department of State and Regional Development’s Young Entrepreneur Stepping Up program), and […]

  The Federal Government has released a report highlighting the entrepreneurial success of Australia’s 1.2 million small businesses. The Federal Government has released a report highlighting the entrepreneurial success of Australia’s 1.2 million small businesses. The report, Encouraging Enterprise, outlines the government’s initiatives to increase small business innovation and growth, including information about relevant policies […]

Some of the world’s top cycle messengers will converge on Sydney this month to compete in the 14th Annual Cycle Messenger World Championships. “It’s a big event for us but we want to show the rest of the world no one can deliver like Sydney,” says Simon McKenzie from the Sydney Bicycle Messenger Association. “We’d […]

With finalists selected from over 4,000 entries, this year’s Nescafe Big Break award shows there’s plenty of innovation coming from our young entrepreneurs, aged 16 to 24. The final leg of the process sees voting open to the public to decide who gets $100,000 to help them pursue their dream. Head to www.nescafebigbreak.com.au for all […]

  More than $30,000 worth of prizes were handed out at the inaugural Australian Home-based Business Awards recently. Samea Maakrun from NSW-based aromatherapy and lifestyle business Sasy‘n’Savy took home the merchandising award as well as being named overall best performing home-based business. “To tell the truth I didn’t think I’d be one of the finalists […]

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